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New state law takes social media restrictions further than Meta settlement

By Hannah Meisel
Aug 30, 2026 11:50 am - Illinois will receive up to $768 million from a multi-state $17.1 billion settlement with social media giant Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram — the culm...
Meta reaches $17 billion settlement with states in landmark trial over teen social media addiction

By BARBARA ORTUTAY and KELVIN CHAN
Aug 26, 2026 8:59 am - Meta has agreed to pay $17 billion and add child-safety measures to its Facebook and Instagram platforms to end a landmark trial over teen social media addiction and settle claims filed by 47 states, state attorneys general announced Wednesday.
Safety concerns force Grayslake officials to postpone public comment session on data center project

By Mick Zawislak
Aug 20, 2026 8:23 am - An extended public comment session on the approved T-5 data center project in Grayslake scheduled for Thursday evening has been postponed due to safety concerns.
South Elgin rejects concept plan for data center

By GLORIA CASAS
Aug 18, 2026 1:45 pm - After being formally presented Monday with White Rose Partners’ concept plan for a data center on Kenyon Road, the South Elgin Village Board immediately rejected the company’s request to annex the site into the village.
Grayslake schedules extended comment session on controversial data center plan

By Mick Zawislak
Aug 18, 2026 8:49 am - Grayslake officials Monday announced tandem actions regarding public comment involving the controversial T-5 data center project.
Data centers emerging as key issue in Illinois governor’s race

By Maggie Dougherty and Ben Szalinski
Aug 17, 2026 4:44 pm - The emergence of a new class of data centers has garnered bipartisan opposition in communities across the state. What was once seen as an avenue for economic growth has become a political issue in Illinois, and one on which candidates from both sides of the aisle are hoping to distinguish themselves.
Neighbors oppose data center plan for WGN site, but Elk Grove mayor says truck depot would be worse

By Christopher Placek
Aug 14, 2026 5:57 pm - Some Elk Grove Village residents oppose plans for a data center campus at the WGN radio transmitter site, but Mayor Craig Johnson defends the project as preferable to a trucking and logistics center.
Aurora, West Chicago compare notes on success of data center moratoriums

By Dave Oberhelman
Aug 13, 2026 2:44 pm - After recently approving a moratorium on new data centers and battery storage facilities, West Chicago officials compared notes with Aurora Mayor John Laesch, whose own city council approved a 180-day moratorium on data centers a year ago.
Lisle data center faces renewed scrutiny over diesel generators and ongoing construction

By Alicia Fabbre
Aug 12, 2026 3:10 pm - A Lisle data center is once again under scrutiny for ongoing construction work. Neighboring residents raised questions last week after noticing several diesel generators running at the CSquare facility.
Quantum campus project raises questions about residents’ agency in community development

By DARCEL ROCKETT
Aug 09, 2026 1:47 pm - In Steelworkers Park, butterflies and dragonflies flit around native plants and flowers that have grown waist-high. Public art and concrete ore walls stand tall, telling visitors the U.S. Steel South Works left an indelible environmental footprint during the last industrial age. Now, a trek through the area means looking and listening to construction.

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